Improvement in cotton and hay presses



W. .AD-AIR.. Cotton and Hay Press.

No. 220,328. Patented Oct. 7, 1879..

Egg.

I m Fil 'E c@ o N T? N c il P WITNESS-E5 s INVENTOR- UNITED STATEs PATENT, OEEICE.

WILL ADAIR, or cANMEE, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEM-ENT IN COTTON AND HAY PRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220.328, dated October 7, 1879 application filed July 29, 1878. 4

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILL ADAIR, of Canmer, in the county of Hart and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvcment in Cotton and Hay Presses, 85e.; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved form of press for use in balingcotton, hay, &c., or pressing and packing other commodities. rlhe platen is attached to aisliding beam, and the mechanism for actuating it is attached to another sliding beam, which is arranged in alignment with the platen-beam, which is allowed tol move downward alter- Iately with the platen. Said mechanism consists of atrain of gears and an involute wheel or eccentric, which is operated thereby and acts intermittent-ly on the head of the platen beam or stem to force the follower downward. The construction and operation of the press will be understood from thefollowing description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is, mainly, a side elevation, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4. is a cross-section on linea' x, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side view of one form of involnte wheel detached.

The pressfl ameAis rectangular and oblong, and placed in vertical position. The mechanism for operating the platen or follower is attached to the beam B, and the platen is secured to the beam C. Said beams B C slide .vertically in the respective upper and lower sists of a train of meshing gears, J, large and small, to which rotary motion is imparted by means of .a crank, L, keyed 011 the lower pinion shaft or axis. Said gea-rs have their bearings in a metal casing or frame, G H, attached to the lower end of beam B. The pinion on the crankshaft L is the first of the series or train, and from it power is transmitted through the others to the shaft of the eccentric, on which latter shaft alarge gear is fixed. By this arrangement of gears comparatively slight force applied to the crank L will be multiplied many times in the eccentric I, so that a man operating the crankL is able to apply to the follower all the force required for the purpose of ordinary baling.

The operator stands on the small platform M, which is located below the crank L and forms an attachment of the frame G H.

In using the press, the beam B is secured by means of pins aand hinged pawl-plates D, having rods E attached, which constitute levers for operating them, and which are held in different positions by pins b.

As shown in full lines, Fig. 1, the pawls D are clamped against the sides of the beam B, and the latter is held immovable. The eccentric I rests on the roller P, and by now rotating the crank L the eccentric will be caused to make a complete revolution, and thus, acting on the principle of the inclined plane, it will exert a continuons pressure as its point of contact with beam C passes from the point of least to greatest radius. Thus the follower will be forced down to the distance of the largest radius of the eccentric. The followerbeam C is then secured by the hinged pawls, D', which are arranged like the upper pawls D, and pins c may also be inserted in the beam below the cross-bars A, if necessary, to assist the pawls in holding the follower. Said pawls D and pins c will hold the follower fixed in the position to which it has been advanced, and the upper pawls, D, are then unlocked and pins a removed, to allow the beam B and its attachments to slide downward by the eect of gravity until the eccentric I again rests on the roller P, when the crank L is rotated as before, and the pawls D'being simultaueously released, the action of the eccentric l forces the follower farther down, and thus the operation goes on until the desired pressure has been applied.

As shown in full lilies, Fig. 1, the upper-1 beam, B, is xed and the lower beam, C, is free i; to slide, while the dotted lines indicate the, position of the respective sets of pawls l) D when the upper beam is free to move and the lower beam is clamped immovablv.

In order to assist in keeping the beams B C in alignmentl and holding them steady, attach a bar, Q, to the upper beam, I, and conne its lower end b v keepers (I on the beam C.

For the purpose of raising the beams and I their` attachments to the required height for beginning the pressing operation, I employ a windlass or rope, S, and ratchet crank-shaft T. The rope is attached to one of the keepers I i on the lower beam, C, and passes over a pullev attached to the upper cross-beams, A.

1. The combination, with a press-follower, of a sliding beam and mechanism attached thereto for actuating the follower, and devices for clamping or securing said beam and follower, so that one may be advanced or moved downward while the other is held immovable, as shown and described.

2. The combination of the train of gearing and the involute wheel with the beam B and follower-beam C, substantially as shown and described, to operate as specified.

3. The combination of the hinged pawls and their levers with the sliding gear-carrying beam and follower-beam, as shown and described.

4. The combination of the guide-bar Q with the sliding gear-carrying beam and followerbeam, the latter having keepers attached, as shown and described.

5. The combination of the windlass S and T with the sliding beams and their attaclr ments, as and for the purpose specied.

WILL ADAIR.

Witnesses:

FRANK IARDoN, (j. Illawi'r'r. 

